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The Singing Mountaineers Jose Maria Arguedas

The Singing Mountaineers By Jose Maria Arguedas

The Singing Mountaineers by Jose Maria Arguedas


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A collection of traditional Quechua songs and folktales.

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The Singing Mountaineers: Songs and Tales of the Quechua People by Jose Maria Arguedas

The Quechua people, the singing mountaineers of Peru, still sing the songs that their Inca ancestors knew before the Spaniards invaded the Andes. Some of these songs, collected and translated into Spanish by Jose Maria Arguedas and Maria Lourdes Valladares from the Quechua language and the Huanca dialect, are now presented for the first time in English in the beautiful translations of Ruth Stephan, author of the recent prize-winning novel, The Flight. Also included in this rich collection are nine folk tales collected by Father Jorge A. Lira, translated into Spanish by Sr. Arguedas, and into English by Kate and Angel Flores.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction by Ruth Stephan
  • On Andean Fiestas and the Indian by Jose Maria Arguedas
  • Quechua Songs
    • To Be Wandering
    • The Fire that I Have Started
    • That She May Not Find Dew
    • I Nurse a Fly
    • You Were Crying Alone, Little Duck
    • Ay Purple Flower!
    • A Wandering Hummingbird
    • In this Growing Darkness
    • The Bird that Hides Itself
    • The Black Water
    • Without Anyone, Without Anyone
    • Crystalline River
    • Leave-taking
    • Divided Herb
    • Flying High in the Air
    • Celso Medina
    • Emerald Hummingbird
    • The Sand of the River
    • When You Find Yourself Alone
    • The Ischu Is Weeping
    • Snow Storm
    • Like Two Doves
    • Carnival Song
    • Tambobamba Carnival
    • Tell Her that I Have Wept
    • The Sweet Water
    • What Sorrow Will She Dream
    • Falcon of the Heights
    • Like a River My Weeping
    • Yunca
    • The Threshing Songs of Angasmayo
      • First Song
      • Second Song: Guavas
      • Third Song: Green Olive Tree
      • Fourth Song: Little Lizard
      • Fifth Song: The Bagre Fish
      • Sixth Song: Cerbaschay
      • Seventh Song: Bachelor
      • Eighth Song: Lima Lima Flower
      • Ninth Song
      • Tenth Song: Majordomo
      • Eleventh Song
  • Quechua Tales
    • The Hail
    • The Youth Who Rose to the Sky
    • The Little Bull with the Shiny Skin
    • The Flour Dealer
    • The Head of the Town and the Demon
    • The Condor's Lover
    • Miguel Wayapa
    • The Snakes Sweetheart
    • Isicha Puytu
  • On The Songs And Tales by Jose Maria Arguedas
  • Editor's Notes And Bibliography

Additional information

CIN0292709943G
9780292709942
0292709943
The Singing Mountaineers: Songs and Tales of the Quechua People by Jose Maria Arguedas
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Texas Press
19710501
212
N/A
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